Battuto, Soffritto, Trito, Crudo

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A battuto usually a very finely chopped mixture of lardo (cured pork back fat), salt pork, pork fat, or pancetta with garlic and onions. It can also contain celery, carrots, chilies, and/or other chopped ingredients.

Lardo battuto is cured pork fat pounded to a cream with herbs and garlic, used for stuffing or added to a broth or stew at the beginning or end of cooking.

It becomes a soffritto when it is gently sautéed in olive oil usually a mixture of vegetables: usually onion, celery,

carrot, garlic, herbs,and sometimes lardo or pancetta – sautéed in olive oil or butter until they become soft and caramelized, imparting their flavors to any ingredient that follows.

A trito is the same as a battuto but doesn’t contain pork. It’s very finely chopped onions, celery, garlic, carrot, and parsley.

Crudo is a trito of raw vegetables and herbs or other ingredients that are added to a dish or sauce, and then cooked. It can also be a mixture of raw herbs and vegetables that is put directly on (or mixed with) cooked food just before serving, as in Venetian risi e bisi (rice and peas) or pastaprimavera.

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Origin - French,named after the Duc de Mirepoix (1699–1757), French general.

A mirepoix is a roughly chopped vegetable cut, usually a mixture of onions, carrots, and celery. Mirepoix, raw, roasted or sautéed with butter or olive oil, is the flavor base for a wide variety of dishes, such as stocks, soups, stews and sauces.WikipediaRECIPES USING MIREPOIX:

Her love and specialty is international and ethnic cuisine. The purpose of the blogs she writes is to educate the public about ethnic foods worldwide.

She also takes nature photos.

In the Past, Christine took cooking and wine classes on several occasions in Pennsylvania at the Sweetwater Art Center in Sewickley, Pa, The Wooden Angel Restaurant in Beaver, PA and other sites.

Christine Willard is a retired Realtor from Greensboro and High Point North Carolina. She had been a real estate agent with Greater Triad Homes and Select Realty of the Triad (her own companies) and with major franchises such as Prudential, Century 21 and Re/Max She had been a real estate agent for 30 years. She specialized in home search, distressed properties, short sales, helping people avoid foreclosure and was an internet marketing specialist for sellers. She's has been married to her husband for 26 years.

She taught French and English in public education in Pennsylvania and Ohio for 23 years. She was Foreign Language Department Head and she helped create and write a foreign language pass/fail curriculum course for the PA Education Department which included equal modules of Spanish, French and German.

She recived a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University. She also studied at Bethany College, Youngstown State University, Robert Morris University and the University of Wisconsin where she did post-graduate work in France and French Canada.

Previously, Christine has lived in Germany, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Ohio, West Virginia and Michigan. She also has experience in public education (23 years) teaching French and English, secretarial services, modeling and public service. Her interests include classical music, jazz, gourmet cooking, wine, photography, reading, her family, her dogs and walking.

She has traveled to/and or lived in 10 countries and 26 states.

She owns over 500 cookbooks and 300 herbs and spices and loves to do research on cooking from other countries. She subscribes to several magazines featuring food articles and recipes. She has also created her own personal versions of herbs and spices.

Memberships and Designations.

In 1960 she receive the Secretary of the Month through New Castle Business College. She was a member of the National Association of Realtors, North Carolina of Realtors, the Triad MLS, the Greensboro Regional Realtors Association and the High Point Regional Realtors Association. She was a member of GRI (Graduate Realtors Institute), CRS (Certified Realtor Services), RECS (Real Estate Cyberspace Specialist), e-Pro (certified e-professional), LMC (Loan Mitigation Consultant and a PME (Property Marketing Expert).